"What happened?"

Zhang Yi roared angrily and rushed forward, he hated it in his heart, he could usually release it quietly, but today the state pastor came to inspect, but he wanted to make trouble, it was simply a slap in the face.

I saw hundreds of prisoners of war squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, and the sticks of the soldiers on both sides were like raindrops on their heads and faces, and a military marquis stepped forward to report: "General Qiyu, these prisoners of war pretended to be Guan Long, trying to get through the customs in a foolish way, and after being reported and found out, they were not convinced, shouting to make trouble, and were subdued by the brothers. ”

Zhang Yitieqing's face shouted: "Drag them down, and each of them will be beaten with a hundred military sticks!" ”

More than a thousand soldiers dragged these people down like wolves, and hundreds of people cried and begged, desperately kowtowing and begging for mercy, when Liu Jing stepped forward and asked, "What happened?" ”

"These prisoners of war probably wanted to pretend to be from Guanlong to get by, and they were found out, but they were unwilling, so they shouted desperately."

Liu Jing walked up to a young prisoner of war, looked at him and asked, "Where are you from?" Why do you take the risk of escaping, don't you know that the consequences of the road are serious? ”

The young prisoner of war wept and said: "General Qiyu, I am a native of Hejian County, I participated in the Suyin rebellion and was suppressed, I was forced to be Cao Jun, I was captured when the flooding of Jicheng, I have been away from home for five years, I really miss my parents, and I beg the general to spare me this time, and I will not dare to escape next time." ”

All the prisoners of war felt that the general in front of them seemed to be a high-ranking official, and even the mine supervisor and the lieutenant were respectful in front of him, and he knelt down together and begged desperately, crying, begging them to spare them once, and they all knew that it was not only as simple as beating him, but that his service would be extended to five years, which made them extremely afraid.

Liu Jing nodded, "Just spare them this time!" The next is not an example. ”

Zhang Yi scolded: "Count your luck, Zhou Mu spared you this time, whoever dares to escape again next time, I will double the punishment and bring them all back." ”

When these prisoners of war heard that they were state pastors, they were all very excited, kowtowed in thanks, cried loudly, and were taken down by the soldiers, Liu Jing was very disturbed in his heart, and walked out of the miners' camp without saying a word. Deng Zhi and Zhang Yi felt that the state pastor was in a bad mood, and they accompanied Liu Jing to the warehouse with uneasiness, the warehouse was close to the river, composed of three huge buildings, and stored five million catties of copper ingots, each weighing about twenty catties, all neatly stacked, and the entire warehouse was full of copper ingots, and the scale was very spectacular.

Liu Jing walked into the rest room in the warehouse and sat down, and a guard served him tea, and only then did Liu Jing say to Deng Zhi and Zhang Yi: "Because I have just signed a settlement agreement with Cao Cāo, we need to recuperate, and there will be no war for at least three or five years, if we follow the rules for the release of prisoners of war, I am afraid that there will be no miners in the mine in three years, so I specially came to inspect the mine to solve this problem." ”

Deng Zhi and Zhang Yi glanced at each other, and Deng Zhi said cautiously: "In the past, Xu Changshi once proposed a plan, but it was not implemented because the cost was too great, and Weichen felt that it might be considered now." ”

"Tell me, what's the plan?" Liu Jing couldn't remember what plan Xu Shu had proposed.

"At that time, Xu Changshi said that prisoners of war could be changed into official miners, let them come and go, improve their treatment and retain, and naturally some miners would be willing to stay."

Liu Jing remembered that Xu Shu did mention this plan back then, but because he didn't implement it, Liu Jing forgot it for a while, he groaned and asked, "Do you think it's feasible?" ”

"Hui Zhou Mu, although the copper mine is called miners externally, but in fact, it is divided into miners, slave workers and sin workers, slave workers are prisoners of war, about 70,000 people, currently spend 100 yuan per month, and miners spend 1,000 yuan per month, if all the slave workers are converted to miners, then the burden is really great, it was because of this point that was not implemented, but Weichen estimated that if you come and go, and the income is good, then at least 30,000 people are willing to stay, and their families will also come to Jiangxia from the north, It's good for replenishing Jingzhou's population, and although the cost will be significant, it's nothing for the copper mines they mine. ”

Deng Zhi strongly recommended Liu Jing to adopt this plan, he, like Xu Shu, opposed the use of prisoners of war to do slave labor, he proposed several times to reform the plan to no avail, it is rare today the state pastor took the initiative to put forward the long-term plan of the mine, Deng Zhi took this opportunity to recommend his own plan.

For Zhang Yi, leaving the mine to go to the former enemy is his ideal, and he is not willing to stay in the mine for a long time, to see others meritorious service, Zhang Yi understood what Deng Zhi meant, so he said to Liu Jing: "If the slave workers become miners, then there is no need for 6,000 troops to guard, only 2,000 people are needed to guard the criminals, and protect the warehouse, which can also save a lot of expenses. ”

Liu Jing nodded, he had considered changing the prisoner of war service to five years, but after arriving at the mine, he dismissed this idea, he didn't care about the cost, he was worried about the continuation of the mine.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Jing said to Deng Zhi: "You investigate first, see how many people will stay after turning into miners, if you can ensure that 30,000 people stay, I can consider your plan, write a detailed report after the investigation is completed, and it can be implemented after Pingzhangtai approves it." ”

Deng Zhi was overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted: "Weichen obeys!" ”

After leaving the mine, Liu Jing went to Wuchang again, and a few days later he left Jiangxia County and returned to Chengdu

Time gradually to the end of December, Jian'an nineteen New Year is coming, Chengdu city every household to clean the house, lanterns, all kinds of tribute on the ancestral hall, the city is full of the sound of burning firecrackers, children also began to make new clothes, women consider adding jewelry, three days before the New Year, Chengdu also had a heavy snowfall, inside and outside the city suddenly became snowy, Ruixue Zhaofeng year, but also added the atmosphere of the New Year.

Liu Jing's house is also full of lights, and this year's celebration is more than in previous years, not only because Sun Shangxiang is pregnant, but also because the war has stopped, and she has to recuperate for a few years, which means that there is more time for the family to reunite.

Liu Jing had returned to the mansion the day before, at this time he was in the study with Liu Hu and Liu Xian to discuss the arrangement of the family sacrifice, this year, the Liu family will be in the capital, participate in the annual New Year's festival, this is also the first reunion of the Liu family after ten years of Jian'an.

Liu Jing doesn't care about the trivial matters of the clan sacrifice, all handed over to Liu Hu to take care of, this year's clan sacrifice will be presided over by Liu Hu and Liu Xian, Liu Hu smiled: "This year is very unusual, the clansmen of Yedu are also in Chengdu under the leadership of the third uncle, you don't know the way!" ”

Liu Jing really didn't know that the clansmen of Yedu had seven rooms, and they followed Liu Cong to Yedu, and they never had contact since, but since Liu Du went to Yedu, the clansmen have gradually been in contact with each other, but they didn't expect them to come to Chengdu to participate in the sacrifice, this is the first time.

"I wonder if Liu Cong will come over?" Liu Jing asked with a smile.

Liu Xian shook his head, "Only he refused to come, I heard my father say that the clansmen who went to Yedu with him were very depressed, and they were all looked down upon in Ye, so they relied on a little money and food issued by the Prime Minister's Mansion every month, or sat on the mountain empty, among which there were three rooms engaged in business, they had a great resentment towards Liu Cong, this year Liu Cong was supposed to hold a clan sacrifice in Yedu, but the Qifang clan people all followed their father to Chengdu, and they are currently living in the Liu clan pavilion." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xian hesitated and asked, "They all want to meet the state pastor, I wonder if the state pastor can find time to meet them once." ”

Without waiting for Liu Jing to express his position, Liu Hu next to him said hatefully: "They just want some benefits, they used to be arrogant and ignore Jingzhou, but now they see that the state pastor is strong, so they are cheeky to take refuge, these people who tend to be inflammatory, what do you do when you see them?" ”

Liu Jing smiled and waved his hand, "Tiger, what you said is too extreme, birds still know how to choose good trees to perch, not to mention people, this is also human nature, after all, they are clansmen, and they can't be too cold to be left behind, so let's do it!" I ask them to elect two deputies and come to see me at the General's Palace tomorrow. ”

Liu Xian was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "I'll go and tell them." ”

At this time, the voice of the eldest son Liu Zhi came from outside the door, "Father, the child is here." ”

Liu Jing smiled: "Come in!" ”

Liu Zhi walked in quickly, Liu Zhi is seven years old this year, medium in stature, looks like his mother, very handsome, and gentle and conscientious, Liu Jing also loves this eldest son very much, he brought the eldest son, and also wanted Liu Zhi to participate in the family sacrifice.

Liu Zhi walked into the room and knelt down to salute his father, and then met Liu Hu and Liu Xian, "My nephew meets my two uncles!" ”

Liu Zhi is the future lord, and the civil and military officials in Jingshu attach great importance to him and care about him very much, but Liu Hu has another kind of love for him, out of family care, Liu Hu hurriedly pulled him up, hugged him and sat down beside him, and asked with a smile: "I heard Xu Shangshu say that you have changed your master, is that so?" ”

Liu Zhi turned out to be the master is Laimin, knowledgeable, teaching Liu Zhi to read and learn, quite advisable, but he has a great weakness, that is, good wine is like life, often drunk gaffes, half a year ago someone reported him for drinking, this matter was Tao Zhan Zhi, Tao Zhan was deeply dissatisfied, so he wrote a letter to Pingzhangtai, asking to replace Liu Zhi's master, after Pingzhangtai's discussion, it was unanimously decided that Qin Mi would be appointed as Liu Zhi's master.

Of course, Liu Jing also knew about this matter, Tao Zhan wrote to him in advance and obtained her husband's consent, originally Liu Jing's original intention was to keep Lai Min and find a master for his eldest son, but since Lai Min was immoral after drinking, it was really not appropriate to respect his son as a teacher.

Liu Zhi glanced at his father timidly, and whispered: "My nephew has changed to Master Qin, and the master is not in good health and has returned to his hometown to recuperate." ”

Liu Xian next to him laughed, this little guy is very good at talking! Obviously he was exempted from being drunk and immoral, but he said that he was not in good health and resigned, yes, he was generous to others, and he had the style of a superior, Liu Jing also nodded, "You just study and study with Master Qin, and I brought you here today because Danrì is coming, and the family is about to hold an annual family sacrifice, it stands to reason that you can only participate in the family sacrifice after you are eleven years old, but I am going to make an exception for my father to let you start participating in the family sacrifice this year, tomorrow afternoon, you and Uncle Xian will go to the ancestral hall to learn the ceremony, understand?" ”

All children are very curious about new things, Liu Zhi is no exception, he has heard the master say the importance of the family sacrifice, but he has never had the opportunity to participate, this year his father made an exception to let him participate, he was very excited, and quickly knelt down to salute, "The child understands." ”

Liu Jing patted his son's immature shoulder and said with a smile: "Go ahead!" Go and tell your mother and she will prepare a robe for you. ”

Liu Zhi kowtowed and retreated, and Liu Jing said to Liu Hu and Liu Xian: "I will be very busy these days, and the preparation of the clan sacrifice will be handed over to the two brothers." ”

"Don't worry, we'll get it done."

At this moment, the housekeeper ran over in a panic and reported at the door: "Master Qiqi, the messenger of the Son of Heaven has arrived!" ”

Liu Jinghuo stood up, he knew that this was the Son of Heaven who had sent an envoy to canonize him as the King of Han

At the end of the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Jing held a grand canonization ceremony in the Hussar General's Mansion to accept the canonization of the Son of Heaven, and the Han Emperor Liu Xie officially canonized Liu Jing as the king of Han, canonized Tao as the princess of Han, and Sun as a partial concubine, and at the same time allowed Liu Jing to establish the Han State, including Jingzhou, Yizhou and Guanlong, thousands of miles of fertile fields, with a population of 10 million.

When the news of Liu Jing's canonization as the king of Han came out, the whole city rejoiced, and Liu Jing ordered an amnesty for prisoners and a one-year reduction of taxes and labor for the whole country to congratulate them.